Egypt’s Sisi praises peace with Israel
The Egyptian president spoke at an event commemorating the 1973 October War between Israel and Egypt.
Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi praised Egypt’s peace treaty with Israel during an event commemorating the 1973 war between the two states.
Sisi spoke on the 48th anniversary of the October war, also known as the Yom Kippur war in Israel. The war began when Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel. Egypt was initially successful on the battlefield, but Israel ultimately won the war. In 1979, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat signed a peace treaty with Israel, and Egypt became the first country in the Arab world to recognize the Jewish state.
Sisi said that Sadat was “far ahead of its time” with his diplomacy.
“I think Almighty God enabled El-Sadat to see that these concepts would not last after the October War, and that they must be replaced by new concepts,” said Sisi on Wednesday, according to the state-owned Al-Ahram news outlet.
